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Influence of molecular shape, conformability, net surface charge, and tissue interaction on transscleral macromolecular diffusion.

Abstract：

:The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of molecular shape, conformability, net surface charge and tissue interaction on transscleral diffusion. Unfixed, porcine sclera was clamped in an Ussing chamber. Fluorophore-labelled neutral albumin, neutral dextran, or neutral ficoll were placed in one hemi-chamber and the rate of transscleral diffusion was measured over 24 h using a spectrophotometer. Experiments were repeated using dextrans and ficoll with positive or negative net surface charges. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) was undertaken to compare transscleral diffusion with diffusion through a solution. All molecules were 70 kDa. With FRAP, the diffusion coefficient (D) of neutral molecules was highest for albumin, followed by ficoll, then dextran (p < 0.0001). Positive dextrans diffused fastest, followed by negative, then neutral dextrans (p = 0.0004). Neutral ficoll diffused the fastest, followed by positive then negative ficoll (p = 0.5865). For the neutral molecules, transscleral D was highest for albumin, followed by dextran, then ficoll (p < 0.0001). D was highest for negative ficoll, followed by neutral, then positive ficoll (p < 0.0001). By contrast, D was highest for positive dextran, followed by neutral, then negative dextran (p = 0.0021). In conclusion, diffusion in free solution does not predict transscleral diffusion and the molecular-tissue interaction is important. Molecular size, shape, and charge may all markedly influence transscleral diffusion, as may conformability to a lesser degree, but their effects may be diametrically opposed in different molecules, and their influence on diffusion is more complex than previously thought. Each variable cannot be considered in isolation, and the interplay of all these variables needs to be tested, when selecting or designing drugs for transscleral delivery.

journal_name

Exp Eye Res

journal_title

Experimental eye research

authors

Srikantha N,Mourad F,Suhling K,Elsaid N,Levitt J,Chung PH,Somavarapu S,Jackson TL

doi

10.1016/j.exer.2012.07.007

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-09-01 00:00:00

pages

85-92

eissn

0014-4835

issn

1096-0007

pii

S0014-4835(12)00193-5

journal_volume

102

pub_type

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Influence of molecular shape, conformability, net surface charge, and tissue interaction on transscleral macromolecular diffusion.